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Emperor Kanmu

<p><b>Emperor Kammu</b><span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span><span>桓武天皇</span></span>, <span><i lang="ja-Latn">Kammu-tennō</i></span>, 735 – 9 April 806)</span>, or Kammu, was the 50th <a href="/en/Emperor_of_Japan" title="Emperor of Japan" class="wl">emperor of Japan</a>,<span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-kunaicho_1-0"><a href="#cite_note-kunaicho-1" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 1;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[1]</span></a></span> according to the traditional <a href="/en/List_of_Emperors_of_Japan" title="List of Emperors of Japan" class="mw-redirect wl">order of succession</a>.<span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-2"><a href="#cite_note-2" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 2;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[2]</span></a></span> Kammu reigned from 781 to 806, and it was during his reign that the scope of the emperor's powers reached its peak.<span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-3"><a href="#cite_note-3" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 3;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[3]</span></a></span></p>

<div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none" about="#mwt1">50th emperor of Japan (r. 781–806)</div>
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</span><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1066479718" typeof="mw:Extension/templatestyles">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-header,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-subheader,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-above,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-title,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-image,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-below{text-align:center}</style><div class='mobile-collapse'><header class="mobile-collapse-header mobile-collapse-btn"><b>Quick facts: Emperor Kanmu .mw-parser-output .nobold{font-...</b> <span class='arrow'>▼</span></header> <table class="infobox vcard mobile-collapse-element"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above fn notheme" style="background-color: #cbe; font-size: 125%">Emperor Kanmu<br><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886047488" typeof="mw:Extension/templatestyles">.mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal}</style><span class="nobold"><span><span>桓武天皇</span></span></span></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image photo"><span class="mw-default-size"><a href="/en/File:Emperor_Kammu_large.jpg" class="mw-file-description image media-thumb" data-hash="File:Emperor_Kammu_large.jpg"><img loading="lazy" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Emperor_Kammu_large.jpg/220px-Emperor_Kammu_large.jpg" decoding="async" data-file-width="1557" data-file-height="2334" data-file-type="bitmap" height="330" width="220" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Emperor_Kammu_large.jpg/330px-Emperor_Kammu_large.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Emperor_Kammu_large.jpg/440px-Emperor_Kammu_large.jpg 2x" alt="Emperor_Kammu_large.jpg"></a></span><div class="infobox-caption" style="line-height:normal;padding-bottom:0.2em;padding-top:0.2em;">Portrait of Emperor Kanmu, 16th century</div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header notheme" style="background-color: #e4dcf6;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em 0.2em"><a href="/en/Emperor_of_Japan" title="Emperor of Japan" class="wl">Emperor of Japan</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Reign</th><td class="infobox-data">30 April 781 – 9 April 806</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/en/Enthronement_of_the_Japanese_emperor" title="Enthronement of the Japanese emperor" class="wl">Enthronement</a></th><td class="infobox-data">10 May 781</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Predecessor</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/en/Emperor_Kōnin" title="Emperor Kōnin" class="wl">Kōnin</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Successor</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/en/Emperor_Heizei" title="Emperor Heizei" class="wl">Heizei</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header notheme" style="background-color: #e4dcf6;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em 0.2em"><div style="height: 4px; width:100%;"></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data">Yamabe (<span><span>山部</span></span>)<br>4 February 736</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">9 April 806<span style="display:none">(806-04-09)</span> (aged<span>&nbsp;</span>70)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Burial</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="label"><i>Kashiwabara no misasagi</i> (柏原陵) (Kyoto)</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/en/Fujiwara_no_Otomuro" title="Fujiwara no Otomuro" class="wl">Fujiwara no Otomuro</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Issue<br><span style="font-weight:normal"><i><a href="#Consorts_and_children" target="_blank">Among others...</a></i></span></th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409" typeof="mw:Extension/templatestyles">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist ">
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Emperor Kammu , or Kammu, was the 50th emperor of Japan, 